Jane Eyre VOCAB

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(N.) an incarnation or embodiment, as of a quality or concept, a varying manifestation or aspect of a particular deity, esp. a Hindu deity in human form.

Badinage

(N.) playful talk.

Cachinnation

(N.) Convulsive, loud laughter.

Cicatrize

(Tr. V.) To heal by the formation of a cicatrix (scar tissue). (Intr. V.) To become healed by the formation of a cicatrix (scar tissue).

Coruscate

(Intr. V.) glitter; be brilliant.

Deglutition

(N.) Swallowing—the act of process of swallowing.

Emulous

(Adj.) eager to rival somebody or something; motivated by rivalry.

Equipage

(N.) Well-equipped carriage; equipment and supplies for expeditions

Hostler

(N.) engineer; horse minder

Inanition

(N.) exhaustion due to starvation; lethargy; emptiness.

Lachrymose

(Adj.) crying, sad.

Oblation

(N.) offering of gift to deity; communion offering; religious or charitable gift.

Paroxysm

(N.) a sudden outburst of emotion or action; a crisis in or recurrent

intensification of a disease; spasm, convulsion.

Pertinacious

(Adj.) determinedly resolute in purpose, belief or action.

Phlegmatic

(Adj.) having or suggesting a calm, sluggish temperament, unemotional (Benvolio in Romeo & Juliet).

Ruth

(N.) Compassion or pity for another; sorrow or misery about one’s own misdeeds or flaws.

Sanguine

Adj. of the color of blood, red; ruddy; having the temperament and ruddy complexion formerly thought to be characteristic of a person dominated by this humor; passionate. (Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet)

Seraglio

(N.) Harem—the women’s quarters in a Muslim house, or the women themselves; palace—a Turkish palace.

Sophistical

(Adj.) clever-sounding, but flawed; of sophists.

Stile

(N.) a step or rung that enables people to climb over a fence or wall.